The Sun. — London, England, 1818-02-27 00:00:00

• {:re THE ROMAN CATHOLIC QUESTION E SUN. PART XI. Eni:ron,—lt tns( have been observed in in the course of the A.. P.tpers, that the Author, t' ho is of no party but Gun anal good Wien, tvbo wt;tes for neither fate or profit, has submitted his reasons with cantinus respect, yehy Roman 'Catholics ought not to come into : public: trust and power, while they hold --- principles in religion-, under a Popish -supremacy, grossly, inconsistent 'with those of tile National Church, which are rational, niild a and unquestionably loyal. He is neither the - organ or the instrument of any set of men, and is influenced only by the freedom of his •OWII independent mind. History is his book of wisdom, and the Constitution, as settled tinder WILLIAM the Third, is his—model., Nullius ad dictus, .Old, and retired as lie is from the ways of men, be could not gives a silent vote against the Petition to Parliament of the Roman Catholics. As moral and humane men, theYbart his sincere regard. In religion, they cannot in truth or justice complain of isitoleranee ; and no thing but a torpid indifference to their own, or any other, can apologize for their, attempts to come into power, in opposition to the terms-and qualifications of genuine members. Would they consider this wit bout partiality,. instead of pre 'ferring the supremacy,in the Church iii a Pope to a King, they would consign 'their Petitimi to eternal oblivion. It originated %vial •a , man of the people in one house, and an able, - but deluded Peer, in the other. It cost them dismay, and they and their coadjutors lost their, places. Death struck one out of the book of life, and mature deliberation has obliged the other to shrink from the question. DeprNed, therefore, as the Roman Catholics were of such leaders ;- disappointed of their hopes, and. despairing of success-, they gnashed their teeth at • the powers that resisied them, risque tenet lachrOna, 4c. and in resent went have systeinatic . aliy revived their Petition, as a thorn in the sides of Ministers, who set their faces against their Claims. ()shame s ~h ere is thy blush What would a RoMan Catholic Government say to such a Petition (rota Protestant subk.ts ? Answer, " No, no ! We lament that our H E.N Lot the Great of France indulged the set 'tides err conscience, which was.B criminal and• time-serv ing policy, and answering his purpose. for the moment ; he afterwards, in furtherance thereof, and on a change•of circumstances, turned Roman - Catholic. The Edict of Nantz, that a.& of abo mination, was afterwards repealed ; and we, ( E o ns {sappy expel ience, have discovered the good ef frcts.of uniformity - in the Catholic faith, and 4C- . Isitowledgell coneas subjects but those who pro- - Jess it. Avantir, ye heretics, .and be content that we, more than oar predecessors, oulerate-your ! Go, and he quiet, or the next time you pre sent your Petition, it shall be burnt by the hands of time common hangman." T won't! be his wo'e theaipe fruit of their application to a Roman Catholic Go- . vernment ; and, say . the contrary, ye Roman Ca tholics of Great Britain and Ireland if ye can. Say, if the Established Chinch were once more to be Ronnish., would ye receive theProtestaiits into power No 1 Why their be so unchristian as not to do by them what you wish to have done by' yourselves The question is ha:d, and ye cannot st it. Hence it is that a repeal of the Test Act would soon affect the vitals of the Constitution, in letting in the enemies to time Church; When King Wiwaist, who teas bred a Cal vinist, I:vas hardly warm On his Throne, the Papists swelled over their great merits, and talked of bow much good they had done, thotudi attached to Popery and an abdicated King. Liberty, pro perty, and religion, were the obje c t s o f conten tion, and they have since been amply secured to them, without any signs, till lately, that they wished for power and employment in time State. Were they gratified herein, we might, in no Great compass of time, have no Established P,,,tegt snt Church to glory in. They say they ought nit tO pay for opinions they do not believe, nor be barred from serving their King and Country. When offices, under a Protestant Government, Cannot he filled by genuine members, and neces sity requires foreign assistance, crazy Ministers may' Call for the services of Roman Catholics on their own let ms, and so they inay.of Jews, Infi dels, and Heretics, We should then have a Kin, snared with a Pope, and a Cottony covered with crosses. John Bull would be reduced to a spindle, t vrants and hypocrites would flourish, and the British people be tripper! into fig ures o f woe., Po pery would he the national religion, and the reve nues of the Protestant Church be seized for the Priesthood. The'irce toleration of Roman Catholics, instead of s.ati,faction, ha, encreased their insatiate crav ings to: civil power, which ought never to he complied with in a country of liberty, as it would bumble a I'r9tostant State and Church to the evanescence of a shadow. Popery is hateful to Britons, the contempt of the wise, and a tenor only to fools. To trust civil, military, or naval power, in the hands of those who profess it, whose interest, inclination, conscience, and former practices, have been di '"'" to change :he Religion and Government of Great Britain and Ireland, bath little or no ex ar:►ple in any Christian State; and never will in ours, while wisdom and virtue, sound policy and discretion, govern. the Councils of his Majesty's Ministers. TEnitiE FI LI US. -.),* We shall insert the remaining Letters and other 'Favours of this intelligent, original, and rigorous Writer with all convenient speed. PAn LT A M EitivTATtY PA MIS. . . : proarefdion ,or proceuding anti such Court, 4 „, 1 n „ y or J -, isice. thereof when the said Ctr,wt shall not be sitting, is hereby authoriSed awl required - ro ekaMioealte matter of such al ) . -plicatioo ; a'nd own) proof by• the• oath or -al fidarvit of the person or persons making such ap plication, dr any of thetr 4 or other proof's! o the satisfaction of such Court,. Judge, or Justice, that'Snch action ; suit, itislictment i information, prosecution, or proceeding, is brought, com mented, preTerred, exhibiied, or had for Or on account of any such act-, matter, or thing as aforesaid, to maki!. au maler for staying exectr lion and all other proceedings in such action; suit, indictment, information, prosecution, or proceeding, in whatever state the same shall or may then be ; tiud the Court, or the Judge or J us ti ce makin g such order it stay Of proceed ings in any action or snit aforesaid shall also or der unto the defendant or del:Aida:its, defender or defenders, and he or they shall have and be en titled to, double costs for all such proceed ings as shall be had or carried on in any such ac tion. or suit after the 'passing of this Act, and for which costs he and they shall have the like re nredy as in cases where costs are by law given to de fendants or defenders : provided always, that it shall be lawful for any person or persons, being a party or parties to any such action, suit, in dictment, information, prosecution, or - other proceeding, to apply by motion, petition, or otherwise, in a summary way, to the Court in which the same shall have been brought, com menced, preferred, exhibited, or had, or shall be depending, to vacate, discharge, or set aside any order made by any Judge or Justice of that Court for staying prOceedings, or for payment of costs as aforesaid, so as such application be made within the first four days on which such Court shall sit next after the making of any such order by any Judge or Justice as aforesaid ; and such Court is hereby required to examine the matter of such application, and to make such order therein as it the application had been ori ginally made to the said Court, but nevertheless in the meantime, and until such application shall he Made to the s a tin Court, and unless the said Court shall think ' fit to vacate, discharge, set aside, or reverse the order made by any.such Judge or Justice, as aforesaid, the same shall continue in full force to all intents and purposes whatso ever. LOTTERY DRAWS NEXT WEDNE , A).IY---TIIREE PRIZES OF C,30.000-ONEs. HUNDRED CAPITALS— TWELVE PIPES OF PORT. THEATIticAL EGISTKR. PerArmrel Last Nigh:. THEATRE 'ROYAL, DRi av-LaNn.—King Richard the Third . Duke of Gloucester, Mr. Kean ; ,Lady Anne, Miss Boyce. After which, Three Weeks After ntrriage. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—(;tit time), Fazio i valdi Fazio, Mr, C. Keinble'; Bianca, Aliss After which, Harlequi❑ Gulliver, INDEMNI'T'Y BILL. A 'Btu., intituled 'an Act fOr. ludemnifying Per. sans sans who, sine✓ the ,first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, have acted in apprehending, imprisoning, ott.detain, ing in custody Persons suspected of High Trea son or Treasonable Practices, arid in the Sup pression of Tumultuous and Unlawful Assem blies. XVlteicas a traitorous conspiracy was formed Ifor the purpose of overthrowing, by means of a gene•ral insurrection, the established Government, Laws, and Constitution of. this,kisigdom : snd whereas divers persons .have tomuiruously, no lawfully, and in a disorderly wanner, assembled together under Pretence or for the purpose of pro ceeding to London in s'tch numbers as - greatly to disturb and endanger the public peace and tran- Trillity, and to cause terror and intimidation in the minds of his Majesty's loyal and peaceable subjects : and whereas, in order to secure the in ternal peace and tranquillity of the country, and to counteract such traitorous conspiracy, .it has been deemed necessary, since the Ist of January, 1817, from time to time to apprehend, 'commit., intprisoo, and detain in custody divers persona suspected of high treason or treasonable prac tices, and to seize the papers of divers such per sons, and also to di,perse the persons so tu multuously, unlawfully, and in a- disorderly mariner assembled together as aforesaid,- and to apprehend, commit, and detain in custody divers of such last mentioned persons, anti to search the houses of divers persons for arms and other offensive weapons concealed, or suspected to he concealed therein ; and trhereas in case the acts and proceeding of the severstl per •sons concerned or employed in such apprehending, commit tins , imprisoning, and detaining in custody, and dispersing- and seizing and searching as afore said should be called in question, it may be im possible for them to justify or defend the same without an open disclosure of the information given, and the means by which the said traitOrous designs and unlawful put poses were discovered ; and it 13 necessary for the safety and protect inn of the persons by whose information and means the same have been discovered, and for the future prevention of similar practices, that such in formation and means should remain sect et and undisclosed i be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spirit ual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pre sent Parliament assembled, and by the autho rity of the smite, 'fiat all personal actions, snits,- indictments, andprosecutions, heretofore brought, commenced, preferred, or exhibited, or now de pending or to be hereafter brought, commenced, preferred, or exhibited, and all judgments there upon obtained, if any such there be,• and all pro ceedings whatsoever against any person or persons for or Oil account of any act, matter, or thing by him or them •done,- or commanded, ordered, di rected, or advised to besione,' since the fir4it day of January 1817, for apprehending, committing, linprisoning, detaining in custody, or dis chatging any, person or persons who bath or. haVe been imprisoned nr detained in custody tor high treason, or. -suspicion of high trea son or treasonable practices, or for apprehend ing, committing, imprisoning, or detaining in custody airy person' or persons who have been imps isoned or detained in custody for having been so tunothuonsly, unlawfully, and in a•disorderly insinser assembled as aforesaid, or for dispersing any persons so assembled as aforesaid, or for seizing the papers of any such person or persons, or for scathing houses for arms and other offer-' sive weapons as aforesaid, shall, be discharged and made void ; and that every person by whom any such act, matter, or thing shall have been dune, or commanded, ordered, directed, or advised to he clone, shall be freed, acquitted, discharged, and indemnified, as well against the King's Majesty, his Heirs, Successors, as against the person and persons so apprehended, committed, imprisotted, or detained in custody, discharged, or dispersed, and all and every other person and persons whom soever. . And be it further enacted, that if an action or suit hath been or shall be brought, cotnntc•nced, or had in a►►y court of those parts of the United Kingdom called England and Ireland, against any person or persons for or on account of any such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid, he and they may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence ; and if the plaintiff Or plaintiffs shall become nonsuit, or forbear further prosecution, 6r stiffer discontinuance ►n any site'► action or suit, or- if a verdict shall pas's-Against the plaintiff or plaintiffs therein, the clefen►dant or cdefe►;dauts shall have and be entitled ,to double costs, fur which he they shall have the like re medy S . other eases in which costs by law are given to defendants; and if ally, such action or suit bath been or shall be brought, commenced, or had in any Court within that part of Great Britain callvd Scotland, the Court bc.fore whom or in which sue!► action or suit - shall be, brought, com menced, or had, or shall be ►depending, shall allow to the defender or defenders therein, the benefit of the discharge and indemnity herein before pro vided, ar►d shall further decern the pursuer or pur suers to pay the defender or defenders the full and real expellees which he or they shall be put to by such action or snit. And be it further enacted, that if any action, suit, indictment, information, prosecution, or pro ceeding bath been or shall he brought, comineoc ed, preferred, exhibited, or had in any. Court, against any person or persons for or oil account of any such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defetlant or defendants, defender or defenders, in any such action,- suit, indictment, information, prosecution, or proceed-, Mg, or for any of them, to apply by motion, peti tion, Or otherwise, in a summary way ; to the Court in which the same bath been or shall be brought, commenced, preferred; exhibited, or had, or shall he depending, if such Court shall be sitting, .and if not sitting, then to any hue o f t h e Judges or Justices of such Court, to stay *ll (tiro er . pro 7 ceedings iu such aCtiOU, suit, indictment, i.ufOraka. THE SUN. soLENI QUIS DI C ltF; Fit U :%1 A 11 - I) — EAT ? - LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1818. We regret to observe, that our Port Letters of this day contain further accounts of damage done by the butricane, IVe are again without any arrival of Paris Pa pers. Three days' Journals are due. This morning we received Halifax Papers to the 18th of January. They contain no news of any imporanct. The General Assembly had been prorogued, by a Proclamation of the Earl of DALnousta; from the 21st January to the sth February, in conse quence of the intelligence arriving of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE. A Public Notice had been issued from the.Seer tary's Office, calling upon his Majesty's Loyal Subjects in that Province to put themselves in decent mourning ; the Court. mourning was to commence on Sunday the 18th. The Levee that was to have been held at the Government House,' on the Anniversary of the QUEEN'S 'Birth-day kept,; had, by au order from the Governor, been postponed. " Ministers (says The ; Morning Chroni c l e o f this day) are accused of having grosly abusel the authority confiled in them under the Snsp.en sion Act." True, they are 'so accused but by whom ? The Abettors of Faction and the Po: menters of Sedition !—Rat it is added, that they are" sitting in jndglnent upon,themselves.'"rhi s the. Writer knows to be an absolute falsehood . The SECREt COMMITTEES of both Houses con sist of Members in which there is a mixture of Parties, and they are, on the whole, fed as likely to decide upOn conscientious conviction, as the Opposition are to vility their proceedings, and to impeach their decision. Is it to be stip• posed, as Opposition Members form a part of the Committees of both Houses, that they will not be full as vigilant, in thefr'examinatious of the ( loci , - Meatiipbmitted ter them, and as SC I tip tions in their decision thaw, as any of th - e Party coliM possiMy be, t'brY wife 'to concerned in the investigation 13 - esitleS„ - everi Member of each Contniittee is known to the Pub" lic. their oven conduct is snhinitted to the great tribunal of the 14inpiie ; Vlc:y Lave O ttra cter tti.p'reserve in the estimation of their. Couutryi and it is not likely that they would concur in an Report that %vat not amply juitified by' the evidence; of facts, and be impre s sed bythe awful conseritiettees likely to have resulted from those facts, if the evil had not been. checked in due tinie by the vigilance Anil firmness ',f Goveruthent, and the active zeal and cautious moderation of the local Magistrate, Whose names ate also well known to the commu; nity at large. The grounds of the invcstigatiOn of the Secret Committees are also as " public as . the noon-day sun," and none of the artifices and falsehoods of faction have been able to discolour . or obscure them. Such is the formation of the Committees, such the real state of facts, and suph the documents submitted to their inspection. On One side; therefore, we see a wise and vigilant GovernMent, which, by a timely and vigorous interposition, saved the Country from anarchy, and bloodshed. perhaps general massacre and ruin. On the other side we see a band of seditious scribblers, Who have no character to lose, and who, from the despicable impulse of a base ambition and venality, fill the columns of a polluted Press, every d.ay ; with incentives W sedition and rebellion, calculated to delude the refuse di So ciety, and to induce item to attempt the total overthrow of our unrivalled and siastieal Establishment ! ! SUPPRESSMN OF Alfrolotorrv.—Ori perusitt the Report of the Meeting of T his truly henevoler.o Society, which we inserted yesterdty,.eml which was taken from a Morning Paper, we find that did not contain those effusions of party turbulence and malignity to which we had referred in a lead ing paragraph, concfuding that, as they had ap peared in most accounts of the meeting, they were also in that which we had extracted. O►t reflection, however, we do not regret the omis- Sion, as our readers could feel little gratification , but would rather have felt disgust, in seeing any' polluting mixture of factious rancour and hack-- neyrd declamation, in the Report of a meeting' that does honour to the Society which am.tembled on so-Jautlable an occasion, and which, we douV he attended with consrcluEnces I:.enciicial_to the community. T:IF. PITT CLUII.—A .general and numerovt; v . !or tine 'ei ec tiom we'2ting of this excellent Institution was . brick ytsierdmy II:, Albion Tacrn, of Members - and other affairs, when ae Right Hon. RouFAIT Petri Wei ek[led of the Club; its the PL:ce ofthe I,,te Right Hon. GEORGE ROSE, deCeaSel. Several Gemlemutt were b 3 lioted for, and admitted Arembers, a.rrd many , others were proposed for election at Ih:a next general ineeting. S. R. LusruNGToti, M. P. WaS in the Chair at the dinner. UpwatiO of eighty Members w' ete present ; and in ti.t% course of the evening Mr. flaw us, -Mr. 'f ER. Mr. MOLYSEUX, and other proiessiona! sting several beantiful glees awl songs; and a inpir 32 o'clock the party retired, highly gratified with their afternoon's entertainment. By the Royal Marria.4e Act two modes arc pro- virled by which ate Princes of the Blood nosy marry By the KING'S - previous by and with the consent of his Pt ivy Connell' , and conseqUently, by the -same authority, in. the name 'arr.l on behalf . of, his MAJESTY, by the PeaNce REGENT. 2. By. the Prince intendint. to marry, if be shall have attained the full ate of 2.6 years, entering on the books 'of the Privy. C o urt' cil such his intention, sp.ecifying the person', which 'notice shall antholi.,e the union, tuiles 4 both Houses of Parliament shall, before the ex piration of twelve months from the date of such entry, expressly declare their disapprobatiOn of such intended marri age . The Duke of DavomsnraE, according to report, is about to proceed to the Continent on account . of indi , position ; other reports, on which. kv 6 more tell, state, that his Grace is on the eve of entering into the pale of matrimony. CoR-ExcHANGE, FEB. 27.—We bail 8 feces " Al rivals this morning, ant) the few sae made to needy buy.rs, in 141 eat and Oats, were at Monday's pikes; but as we are Mill waiting for supplies, there is so little business doing, the pri , es are little more than nominal. . Ron Roy.--Dramatic Pieces from' this popular Romance are ptePariitocat both 'Theatres. It i4 probable that Mr. 'IRE ay, who introduced G a g Monneritig on the Stage, is prcpating the new Drama at Covent-garden. The Opera, founded forthcoming at Drury-bane, on the same Novel, attributed to a Geutleman of great celebrity the•!itcrary world for learning and poetical la !ents. The music is said to be preparing by Mr. T. COOK F. The Memorial to the Lord Lieutenant of land, for the opening of a second Tb ea tre in Dub lin, has already recei‘e'l the signatures of sqverat hamireds of the residents of that capital. The bcnefi,s at the :Bath 'lheatre have this sea son 4 1)1.,,ved that, USIIHIIy. productive to tl,q Pejt(irttiers, ‘vhilit those at liristol have 1410. The Falls of Ihe Clyde, and The C'ulder c f -Pres ; tot:, t) re amongst the novehivs pi ep:-.1.10g tit Hie Dublin Theatre. hi the foil Kitt.LY to resume the character of the lueroitte, which she performed at the Dtitry-lane Theatt-e. Twctoy 7 three angels aid crown's of gold, in . good presercatioa, coined is reign 1-I'rsic:v . the Eighth, Were lately dug tIF in a •burgli, in Nulfolk, NIA:I.S. ARRIVED-1 Dublin - , I 1,i0;1 ... .1)(7F-1 Waterford, 2 Guern sey and ,Ter,ev„ I Holland, 1 Gottenburgh, 1 France, 2 Ilauthitrgh, :Fland.;rl. , . ritteE or SioCKS THIS /MY AT TWELVF, ti.Cl,:eN., Bank Stock. . a per Centited 7 0 1 i India Stocli ' : 2,tOA 3 per Cent. Cons. 79 it. India Bonds ....s. pr. 4 per Cents. . 5 pvr Cent. Na Ann oUil I Ditto, 21. t. . 'lit]. 2z,. In.. Bank L. Ann.... 20 I 5-If;ths tuns. t . .. Apri1........ 79aii ......____ . HIGH WATER A'!' LONDON MIDGE TO-MORROW. • . Morning, 13 'minutes after 7. I Eve-Airtg, 38 iniulitti after 7.